1. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Experienced Teacher Webinar: Standards and Evidence 17 March 2014

2. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Overview of the webinar  Guidelines for evidence  Requirements for accreditation and evidence  Support:  2014 Evidence Guide  Forum  Information module  ISTAA Office  Answers to your questions

3. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Guidelines for Evidence

4. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Requirements for accreditation at ET Number of descriptors To gain accreditation at the level of Experienced Teacher, applicants need to provide evidence that clearly demonstrates they have met the 37 Experienced Teacher descriptors. If the principal has signed off 1.4 then those teachers will need to demonstrate 36 descriptors. Collecting Evidence Teachers have one year in which to collect evidence, between 2 nd September 2013 and 8 th September 2014.

5. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW  Maximum of five descriptors per item of evidence.  Head of school report addresses descriptors 7.1, 7.2 and 5.5 (partial).  Head of school report, testimonial and declaration of authenticity must be signed by principal of school.  All descriptors requiring items of evidence must be annotated. Requirements for accreditation at ET

6. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Understanding descriptors Actions and core requirements of a descriptor Example ET 5.3: Participate in and apply knowledge from assessment moderation activities to make consistent and comparable judgements of student learning. Action = verbCore requirement Outcome of action and core requirement

7. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Some challenging descriptors Standard 1234567 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 2.2 2.4 2.5 3.15.1 5.3 5.5 7.1 7.2 1.1, 1.2, 1.5, 2.2 and 3.1 Designed and implemented by the teacher 1.3 Differentiation based on knowledge of students 1.4 May be signed off by the principal 2.4 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander histories or cultures or languages 2.5 Involves demonstration of literacy or numeracy 5.1 Designed by the teacher 5.3 Involves assessment moderation activities 7.1, 7.2 and 5.5 involve sign off by the principal

8. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Requirements for accreditation at ET - Annotations  An applicant must make explicit the link between item/s of evidence and a descriptor.  An item of evidence must be able to demonstrate the applicant’s practice. Effective annotation of an item of evidence enables an applicant to demonstrate his or her thinking on why and how each item of evidence demonstrates a descriptor.  It is the applicant’s responsibility to ensure that evidence is effectively annotated to enable the assessor to understand the nature of the evidence, why it has been included and the connection between the item and the descriptor.

9. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW The Experienced Teacher Evidence Guide This Guide has been written for applicants, principals, supervisors and referees and includes:  a glossary that provides an explanations of common terms  a summary of the suggested types of evidence  an example of how to demonstrate (indicators) and provide evidence (types of evidence) for one of the Descriptors  information regarding annotating evidence and how much evidence.

10. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW ISTAA information module

11. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW ISTAA office support  Questions regarding Experienced Teacher accreditation process, descriptors and evidence.  General questions and answers are to be posted on the forum.  Questions specific to an applicant must be emailed to the ISTAA Office. Specific individual answers will be emailed to the applicant and applicant’s supervisor.  If necessary the ISTAA office will contact the applicant to discuss further or clarify the question. All responses will be sent to the supervisor.

12. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW ISTAA forum

13. © The Association of Independent Schools of NSW Estelle Lewis Director: Teacher Quality Dr Frances Whalan Consultant: Teacher Accreditation Level 12, 99 York Street, Sydney NSW 2000 Phone (02) 9299 2845 Fax (02) 9290 2274 Web: aisnsw.edu.au Email: elewis@aisnsw.edu.au fwhalan@aisnsw.edu.auelewis@aisnsw.edu.aufwhalan@aisnsw.edu.au ABN 96 003 509 073 Contact Details